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More Dueling Bentos

From the Inbox on Friday: “I was walking on 50th St. btw. 6+7th today at 12pm and I know you’ve written about the guy who sells bento boxes out of a plastic tub, but today there were TWO side-by-side bento box sales going on. One was the guy with the plastic tubs, the other was this Asian couple with a big plastic bag with stacked bento boxes inside. I’ve never seen them before… all I spotted in their bento boxes was purple rice. Random right? I was in a hurry so I didn’t stop, but you should check it out on Monday to see if there’s some sort of bento rivalry brewing.” That sounds interesting…

sorry, C. didn’t leave the office that day in Midtown-Lunch reporting mode. i’ll see if they’re out there today.

on a slightly more disturbing note, last night I dreamed about an asian man selling bento boxes out of a plastic tub on wheels. like, as scenes changed repeatedly in my dream, the bento man was always in the background, wheeling slowly past. like the grim reaper. wtf. haha.